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    Kiwi (bird) (redirect from Apteryx)
    species fall into the family Apterygidae (/ˌæptəˈrɪdʒədiː/) and genus Apteryx (/ˈæptərɪks/). Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are the...
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    The great spotted kiwi, great grey kiwi or roroa (Apteryx maxima) is a species of kiwi endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. The great spotted kiwi...
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    The southern brown kiwi, tokoeka, or common kiwi (Apteryx australis) is a species of kiwi from South Island, New Zealand. Until 2000 it was considered...
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    The little spotted kiwi or little grey kiwi (Apteryx owenii) is a small flightless bird in the kiwi family, Apterygidae. It is the smallest of the five...
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    The North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli; Apteryx australis or Apteryx bulleri as before 2000, still used in some sources) is a species of kiwi that...
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    kiwi, Apteryx australis Stewart Island tokoeka, Apteryx australis lawryi Fiordland tokoeka, Apteryx australis australis Great spotted kiwi, Apteryx haastii...
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    Okarito kiwi (redirect from Apteryx rowi)
    The Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi), also known as the rowi or Okarito brown kiwi, is a member of the kiwi family Apterygidae, described as new to science...
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  • The North Island little spotted kiwi or North Island little grey kiwi (Apteryx owenii iredalei) is an extinct subspecies of the little spotted kiwi that...
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  • Apteryx littoralis (meaning "kiwi of the shore") is an extinct species of kiwi from New Zealand's North Island. The species was first described in 2021...
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    the Neotropic tinamous. There are 47 species of tinamous, five of kiwis (Apteryx), three of cassowaries (Casuarius), one of emus (Dromaius) (another became...
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    kiwi Apteryx haastii VU South Island, New Zealand Little spotted kiwi Apteryx owenii LR/nt Multiple small islands in New Zealand Okarito kiwi Apteryx rowi...
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    The Haast tokoeka or Haast kiwi (Apteryx australis 'Haast') is a putative subspecies of the southern brown kiwi. It is one of the rarest kiwi in New Zealand...
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  • specific tasks, like migrating, nocturnally. North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax Short-eared owl...
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    "Landscape-scale applications of 1080 pesticide benefit North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) and New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) in Tongariro Forest...
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    doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1891.tb00045.x. Sir Buller, Walter Lawry (1888). "Apteryx australis (South-Island Kiwi)". A History of the Birds of New Zealand....
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    Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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    Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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    Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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    are important habitat for several birds, such as the great spotted kiwi (Apteryx haastii), the South Island kākā (Nestor meridionalis meridionalis), and...
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    F. C. (1971). "The consistent presence of paired ovaries in the Kiwi(Apteryx) with some discussion of this condition in other birds". Journal of Ornithology...
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  • Zealand. Kiwi (Apteryx) are the host birds of the two species. Kiwilichus cryptosikyus is known to be hosted by southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis) and...
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    suggests high potential for genetic rescue in North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli. Front. Conserv. Sci. 2:702128. 4. Juodakis J., Castro I., Marsland...
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    Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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    Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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    Island tokoeka, Stewart Island kiwi, Rakiura tokoeka or Rakiura kiwi (Apteryx australis lawryi) is a subspecies of southern brown kiwi endemic to New...
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    Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes...
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    include tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), geckos, the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) during the night, and kingfishers and the long-tailed cuckoo...
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  • specificity and mainly parasitizes the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) and the tokoeka (Apteryx australis). There are a handful of records that show it...
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    subspecies of the little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii) or a hybrid between that species and the Okarito kiwi (Apteryx rowi). The elephant birds of Madagascar...
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  • Foveaux shag (kawau), Leucocarbo stewarti VU Great spotted kiwi (roa), Apteryx haastii VU Grey warbler (riroriro), Gerygone igata LC Hawkin's rail (mehonui)...
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